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CATALOGUE OF TYPE SPECIMENS

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FIELDIANA: GEOLOGY

VOLUME 13, NUMBER 6

Published by

CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

OCTOBER 21, 1965

GEOLOGY LIBRARY

CATALOGUE OF TYPE SPECIMENS

IN
CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

PORIFERA

MATTHEW H. NITECKI

Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology

FIELDIANA: GEOLOGY

VOLUME 13, NUMBER 6

Published by

CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

OCTOBER 21, 1965

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Type Specimens of Porifera

INTRODUCTION

This part of the catalogue of type specimens includes fossil
sponges, and those organisms that are customarily included in the
Porifera as incertae sedis. However, no taxonomic judgment is im-
plied, in respect to these forms, by this arrangement.

All fossils included are in the custody of the Chicago Natural
History Museum. Former Walker Museum specimens are identified
by the letters UC ; the Chicago Natural History Museum specimens
by the letters PE.

Only holotypes are recognized as types. All other "types," in-
cluding cotypes, paratypes, plesiotypes, and other traditional types
are designated as referred specimens. Holotypes are here designated
for certain species for which no types were previously selected.

A very careful search of the old literature has been made, and as
a result, some confusion relating to James Hall's publications has
been clarified.

CATALOGUE OF LOCALITIES

Locality 64. — James Hall collection. Roemer's (1860) locality.
Found separate among the debris and decomposed rock upon the
surface. The mound glades within a mile and a half of the Browns-
port Landing, on the Tennessee River and about 5 miles southeast
of Dixon Spring, and 3 miles north of Vice Landing. The mounds
are conical hills capped by clays and limestones of the Brownsport
Formation (Foerste, 1903, p. 574). Decatur County, Tennessee
(prior to 1850 Perry County) .

Locality 65. — James Hall collection. Chiefly in the shaly cal-
careous layers, but sometimes limestone. Cherry Valley, New York.

Locality 66. — As locality 65, but near Rondout, New York.

Locality 67.- — Collected by Sharat K. Roy and Max Kopf in 1949,
in situ from an exposure of limestone in an abandoned quarry off New
York Route 5 (Buffalo to Batavia road), near Snyder, New York.

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Locality 68. — Silliman's Fossil Mount. At the west side of the
terminus of the bay, about 300 feet from high tide and two and one-
half miles south of the Jordan River. It is a longitudinal mount of
horizontally bedded limestone which lies unconformably on the rocks
of the hills of Meta Incognita. 63° 43' N. Lat. and 69° 2' W. Long.
Frobisher Bay, Baffin Land, Canada.

Locality 69.— Collected by Fenton. Bloody Run, near Charles
City, Iowa.

Locality 70. — James Hall collection. Original number 751. Pur-
chased in 1883 by Hall from Paul Mohr, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Near
Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Locality 71. —James Hall collection. Steuben County, New York.

Locality 72. — James Hall collection. Compact and fine-grained
greenish or rusty sandstone from the upper beds of the Chemung
Group. In the vicinity of Owego, Tioga County, New York.

Locality 73. — James Hall collection. Purchased by Hall from
Herzen. Near Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Locality 74. — James Hall collection. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Locality 75. — James Hall collection. From Alfred, Allegany
County, New York.

Locality 76.— James Hall collection. Collected by E. B. Hall,
obtained by James Hall in 1889. Wellsville, Allegany County,
New York.

Locality 77.- — James Hall collection. Schoharie, New York.

Locality 78. — Gurley collection. Collected by M. N. Elrod near
Hartsville, Indiana.

Locality 79. — James Hall collection. Collected in 1889 seven
miles west of Mansfield, Charlestown Tp., Tioga County, Pennsyl-
vania.

Locality 80. — James Hall collection. Obtained by Hall from Allen
and students in 1888. Near Alfred, Allegany County, New York.

Locality 81. — James Hall collection. Collected by E. B. Hall at
Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Locality 82. — Collected by University of Chicago Ste. Genevieve
County, Missouri field classes. Little Saline Creek area, Ste. Gene-
vieve County, Missouri.

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Locality 83. — James Hall collection. Quarry in broken and amor-
phous limestone (probably dolomite). Lower portion of a bluish
color, generally harder in its solid parts, but somewhat diversified
with patches of an argillaceous character. Bridgeport, suburb of
Chicago, Illinois.

Locality 84. — James Hall collection. Original number 376. Col-
lected by C. S. Beachler in 1888. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Locality 85.- — F. E. Gurley collection. Near Dixon, Illinois.

Locality 86. — James Hall collection. From isolated loose blocks.
Friendship, Allegany County, New York.

Locality 87. — James Hall collection. The precise locality is un-
known, but it is probably from Steuben County, New York.

Locality 88. — James Hall collection. One-half mile from Brown
Hill School House, near Cohocton, Steuben County, New York.

Locality 89. — James Hall collection. In loose arenaceous slabs.
Near Howard, New York.

Locality 90. — James Hall collection. Collected by Thomas Cot-
ton. Found loose in the vicinity of Avoca, Steuben County, New
York.

Locality 91. — James Hall collection. Original Hall numbers 702
and 703. Jenks Quarry, one mile south-east of the Village of Bath,
Steuben County, New York.

Locality 92. — James Hall collection. Indian Creek, Indiana.

Locality 93. — Collected by Stuart Weller, Glen Park, Missouri.

Locality 94. — James Hall collection. Moot's Run, Licking County,
Ohio.

Locality 95. — James Hall collection. Blocks of sandstone. Wells-
ville, Allegany County, New York.

Locality 96. — James Hall collection. Original number 196(?).
Purchased from Mr. J. T. Duty in 1878(?). On Conn's Creek, near
the town of Waldron, Shelby County, Indiana.

Locality 97. — James Hall collection. Concord Station, Erie
County, Pennsylvania.

Locality 98. — James Hall collection. Collected by J. Allen, ob-
tained by Hall in 1888. Hall, 1863, and Hall and Clarke, 1898,
state that the specimens came from Cohocton and Avoca, Steuben
County, and from Lyndon, Cattaraugus County, New York. How-
ever, the Hall Catalog lists them as from Alfred, New York.

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Locality 99. — Faber collection. Collected by C. E. Went. Near
Frankfort, Kentucky.

Locality 100. — Faber collection. Collected by Charles Faber.
About 350 feet above low-water mark at Cincinnati, Ohio.

Locality 101. — Faber collection. About two miles south of Mays-
ville, Kentucky.

Locality 102. — James collection. In and around Cincinnati, Ohio.

Locality 103. — James Hall collection. Original number 702. Col-
lected by J. Vandeloo, obtained by Hall in 1886. Brown Hill School
House. Three and one-half miles northwest of Wallace, Steuben
County, New York.

Locality 104. — James Hall collection. Near Bath, Steuben
County, New York.

Locality 105. — C. L. Fen ton collection. In the blue plastic clay
some thirty or forty feet below the marly horizon at the pit of the
Rockford Brick and Tile Company. Rockford, Iowa.

Locality 106.— James Hall collection. Southwestern New York?

Locality 107. — James Hall collection. Brown Hill, near Cohoc-
ton, New York; or locality 103. (University catalogs and specimen
labels do not agree.)

Locality 108. — James Hall collection. Clinton County, Ohio.

Locality 109.— James Hall collection. Location unknown.

Locality 110. — James Hall collection. Near Clarksville, Albany
County, New York.

Locality 111. — James Hall collection. On Conn's Creek, near the
town of Waldron, Shelby County, Indiana.

Locality 112. — Purchased from Wards in 1895. Bath, Steuben
County, New York.

Locality 113. — Gurley collection. Turkey River, Iowa.

Locality 114.- — Gurley collection. Collected by Ella V. Shutt.
Coal measures near Springfield, Illinois.

Locality 115. — Faber collection. Collected by William J. Patter-
son at Cincinnati, Ohio.

Locality 116. — James Hall collection. Warren, Pennsylvania.

Locality 117. — R. H. King collection. "A yellow sandy limestone
approximately 1 foot thick between beds of yellow clays, the entire

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section being about 20 feet in thickness. This exposure lies in the
Brownwood shale from about 35 to 55 feet below the Rock Hill lime-
stone of the Graford formation of the Canyon group of north-central
Texas ... on the banks of McCoy's Creek, 4 miles northwest of
Bridgeport, Wise County, Texas " (King, 1933, pp. 75-76.)

CATALOG OF TYPES

Acloeodictya (?) eccentrica (Hall)
See: Phragmodictya excentrica Hall, 1882

Acloeodictya marsipus Hall and Clarke, 1898

Referred specimens: the specimen UC 13185A described and illus-
trated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 178-179, pi. 60, fig. 3;
1899a and 1899b, pp. 370-371, pi. 60, fig. 3. The specimen
UC 13185C described and illustrated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a,
pp. 178-179, pi. 55, fig. 4; 1899a and 1899b, pp. 370-371, pi. 55,
fig. 4. Specimen UC 14275 described by Hall and Clarke: 1898a,
pp. 178-179; 1899a and 1899b, pp. 370-371.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, calcareous
shales of the Keokuk Formation. Locality 70.

Remarks: All Walker specimens bear labels indicating locality 70.
However, Hall and Clarke caption their illustrations of UC
13185A as locality 92.

Actinodictya placenta Hall, 1890

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 13158A described by
Hall: 1890a, p. 60; 1890b, p. 262; described and illustrated
by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, p. 143, pi. 30, fig. 2; 1898b and 1898c,
p. 883, pi. 30, fig. 2.

Referred specimens: UC 13158C described by Hall: 1890a, p. 60;
1890b, p. 262; described and illustrated by Hall and Clarke:
1898a, p. 143, pi. 30, fig. 1; 1898b and 1898c, p. 883, pi. 30, fig. 1.
UC 13158D described by Hall: 1890a, p. 60; 1890b, p. 262; de-
scribed and illustrated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, p. 143, pi. 31,
fig. 1; 1898b and 1898c, p. 883, pi. 31, fig. 1. UC 13157 described
by Hall: 1890a, p. 60; 1890b, p. 262; described and illustrated
by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, p. 143, pi. 30, fig. 3; 1898b and 1898c,
p. 883, pi. 30, fig. 3. UC 13158B, UC 13193, UC 51842 (3 speci-

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mens) described by Hall: 1890a, p. 60; 1890b, p. 262; by Hall
and Clarke: 1898a, p. 143; 1898b and 1898c, p. 883.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, "lower or middle strata
of the Chemung group" (Hall and Clarke, 1898). Localities 88
(UC 13158), 89 (UC 13157); 109 (UC 51842, UC 13193).

Astraeospongia clauda Richardson, 1950

Holotype: by original designation, the specimen PE 999 described
and illustrated by Richardson, 1950, pp. 79-88, figs. 33-37.

Stratigraphic position: Middle Devonian, Onondaga Limestone.
Locality 67.

Astraeospongia meniscus (Roemer)

Referred specimens: the specimens UC 32269 (9 slides); UC 51847
(5 slides) described by Hall and Gaertner, 1879, pp. 111-116.
The specimen UC 22292 (1 slide) described and illustrated by
Hall and Gaertner, 1879, pp. 111-116, pi. 3, fig. 1.

Stratigraphic position: Silurian, Niagaran, Brownsport Formation.
Locality 64.

Astylospongia inornata Hall, 1863

Referred specimens: specimens UC 51843 (5 slides); UC 51844
(5 slides); UC 51845 (1 slide); UC 51846 (2 slides); UC 32266
(1 specimen and 5 slides); UC 32267 (2 specimens and 4 slides)
described by Hall, 1863a, p. 70.

Stratigraphic position: Lower Devonian, Lower Helderberg. Lo-
calities 65 (UC 51843); 66 (UC 51844); 110 (UC 51845); 109
(UC 51846); 77 (UC 32266); 77? (UC 32267).

Remarks: referred by Bassler (1915) to Hindia sphaeroidalis Dun-
can, 1879.

Astylospongia (Palaeomanon) Bursa Hall, 1876

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 11998 described by Hall,
1879, p. 105; described and illustrated by Hall, 1882a, p. 224,
pl. 1, fig- 4.

Stratigraphic position : Silurian, Niagaran, in the calcareous shales
of the Waldron Shale. Locality 96.

Remarks: referred by Bassler (1915) to Palaeomanon bursa (Hall).

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Astylospongia praemorsa (Goldfuss)

Referred specimens: five specimens and seven thin-sections UC
32268 described by Hall: 1863c, p. 34; 1863d, p. 228; 1879,
pp. 103-104; 1882a, pp. 222-223.

Stratigraphic position : Silurian, Niagaran, in the calcareous shales
of the Waldron Shale. Locality 111.

Remarks: referred by Bassler (1915) to Astylospongia praemorsa
pusilla Rauff, 1894.

Astylospongia praemorsa pusilla Rauff, 1894
See: Astylospongia praemorsa (Goldfuss)

Botryodictya ramosa (Lesquereux)

Referred specimens: specimens UC 14398A, UC 14398B, UC 14398C,
14398D and UC 13192 described by Hall and Clarke: 1898a,
pp. 111-114; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 851-854. Illustrated by
them 1898a, 1898b and 1898c, pi. 13: figs. 1, 3 UC 14398A;
fig. 2 UC 14398B; fig. 4 UC 14398C; figs. 6, 7 UC 14398D.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, upper part of the Che-
mung Group. In greenish, sandy shales. Locality 79.

Remarks : the specimens are collected from the type locality by the
same person that provided Lesquereux with his original speci-
mens.

Calamopora fibrosa Goldfuss, 1826
See: Hindia fibrosa (Roemer)

Calathospongia amphorina Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: the original specimen UC 13189 described and illustrated
by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, p. 182, pi. 68, fig. 6; 1899a and 1899b,
p. 374, pi. 68, fig. 6.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, calcareous
shales of the Keokuk Formation. Locality 74.

Remarks: Laubenfels (1955) assigned the genus Calathospongia to
Ectenodictya, thus assigning this species to Ectenodictya ampho-
rina (Hall and Clarke).

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Calathospongia (?) magnifica Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 13175A described and
illustrated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 182-183, pi. 57, fig. 1;
1899a and 1899b, pp. 374-375, pi. 57, fig. 1.

Referred specimen: the other smaller specimen UC 13175B de-
scribed and illustrated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 182-183,
pi. 56, fig. 5; 1899a and 1899b, pp. 374-375, pi. 56, fig. 5.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, calcareous
shales of the Keokuk Formation. Locality 84.

Remarks: Laubenfels (1955) assigned the genus Calathospongia to
Ectenodictya, thus assigning this species to Ectenodictya magnif-
ica (Hall and Clarke).

Chirospongia faberi Miller, 1889

Holotype: the original specimen UC 8827 described and illustrated
by Miller, 1899, pp. 156-157, fig. 99.

Stratigraphic position: Ordovician, Hudson River Group. Asso-
ciated with Pattersonia and fragments of sponge filaments near
the middle of the Hudson River Group. Locality 100.

Chirospongia wenti Miller, 1889

Holotype: the original specimen UC 8812 described and illustrated
by Miller, 1889, pp. 156-157, fig. 98.

Stratigraphic position: Ordovician, Trenton Group. Locality 99.

Clathrospongia (?) desmia Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: the original specimen UC 13169 described and illus-
trated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, p. 125, pi. 25, fig. 3; 1898b and
1898c, p. 865, pi. 25, fig. 3.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, upper beds of the Che-
mung Group. Locality 80.

Remarks: the holotype is the impression; Hall and Clarke's illus-
tration is a reconstruction (negative of the specimen).

Clathrospongia (?) tomaculum (Hall)
See: Dictyophyton tomaculum Hall, 1890

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Clathrospongia vascellum (Hall)
See: Dictyophyton vascellum Hall, 1890

Cleodictya gloriosa Hall, 1884

Referred specimen: a smaller specimen UC 13181 described by-
Hall: 1884a, p. 17, 1884b, p. 479. Described and illustrated by
Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 183-184, pi. 70, fig. 2; 1899a and
1899b, pp. 375-376, pi. 70, fig. 2.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, Keokuk For-
mation, from the sandstone which comes above the shaly beds.
Locality 81.

Cleodictya Mohri Hall, 1884

Holotype: the original specimen UC 13180 described by Hall:
1884a, p. 17; 1884b, p. 479; Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 184-
187, pi. 70, fig. 3; 1899a and 1899b, pp. 376-379, pi. 70, fig. 3.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, Keokuk For-
mation, in the calcareous shales. Locality 70.

Remarks : Hall and Clarke in their description omitted the generic
question mark.

Coelocladia spinosa Girty, 1908

Referred specimens: two specimens, UC 37793 described by King,
1933, pp. 83-84.

Stratigraphic position: Pennsylvanian, Brownwood Shale of the
Canyon Group. Locality 117.

Cryptodictya Alleni Hall, 1890

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 13153A described by
Hall: 1890a, p. 60; 1890b, p. 262; described and illustrated by
Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 144-145, pi. 32, fig. 4; 1898b and
1898c, pp. 884-885, pi. 32, fig. 4.

Referred specimens: other specimens described by Hall: 1890a,
p. 60; 1890b, p. 262; described by Hall and Clarke: 1898a,
pp. 144-145; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 884-885; illustrated by Hall
and Clarke 1898a, 1898b and 1898c, pi. 31, fig. 4 UC 13153E;
pi. 31, fig. 5 UC 13153F; pi. 32, fig. 1 UC 13153C; pi. 32, fig. 3
UC 13153D; pi. 32, fig. 3 UC 13153B.

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Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian in the Chemung Sand-
stone. Locality 98.

Dictyophyton filitextile Hall, 1863

Holotype: plaster cast UC 13213. The original specimen was de-
scribed and illustrated by Hall: 1863b, p. 88, pi. 4, fig. 5;
described by Hall: 1884a, p. 8; 1884b, p. 470; described and
illustrated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 86-87, pi. 21, fig. 7;
1898b and 1898c, pp. 826-827, pi. 21, fig. 7.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, in the upper beds of the
Chemung Group. Locality 71.

Remarks: referred by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, 1898b and 1898c to
Prismodictya filitextilis (Hall).

Dictyophyton (Phragmodictya) Halli Hall, 1890

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 13155A described by
Hall: 1890a, p. 59; 1890b, p. 261. Described by Hall and Clarke:
1898a, pp. 126-127; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 866-867; illustrated
by them on pi. 24, figs. 1, 2.

Referred specimens: other specimens UC 13191, UC 13155B, UC
13155C, UC 13155D, UC 13155E and UC 13155F described by
Hall: 1890a, p. 59; 1890b, p. 261. Hall and Clarke: 1898a,
pp. 126-127; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 866-867. Illustrated by
them on pi. 24, fig. 4, UC 13155B; fig. 3, UC 13155C; fig. 5,
UC 13155D; fig. 8, UC 13155E; and fig. 9, UC 13155F.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, in the upper arenaceous
beds of the Chemung Group. Locality 76.

Remarks: Hall and Clarke: 1898a, 1898b and 1898c erroneously
amended the name to Thysanodictya Edwin-Halli Hall and
Clarke, 1898. This is Thysanodictya halli (Hall).

Dictyophyton prisma ticum Hall, 1884

Referred specimens: eight specimens UC 38693 on a slab described
by Hall: 1884a, pp. 7-8; 1884b, pp. 469-470; described by Hall
and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 83-84; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 823-824.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, in the upper beds of the
Chemung Group, in a light grey sandstone. Locality 97.

Remarks: referred by Hall and Clarke, 1898(a), 1898(b) and
1898(c) to Prismodictya prismatica (Hall).

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Dictyophyton sceptrum Hall, 1890

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 13148A described by
Hall: 1890a, pp. 56-57; 1890b, pp. 258-259. Described by Hall
and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 73-74; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 813-814,
and illustrated by them in pi. 15, figs. 8, 9. "The best preserved
and most robust ... in which the aperture is retained but the
basal portion lost, has a length of 206 mm., and a width across
the aperture of 56 mm., greatest width, 69 mm." (Hall, 1890a,
p. 57).

Referred specimens: other specimens UC 13148B, UC 13148C,
UC 13148D, UC 13170A, and UC 13170B described by Hall:
1890a, pp. 56-57; 1890b, pp. 258-259; by Hall and Clarke:
1898a, pp. 73-74; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 813-814. Illustrated
by Hall and Clarke in pi. 14, fig. 3, UC 13148B; pi. 14, fig. 4,
UC 13148C; pi. 14, fig. 5, UC 13170A; pi. 16, figs. 3, 4, UC
13148D; pi. 27, fig. 3, UC 13170B. UC 13170B is an impression
illustrated by Hall and Clarke as a reconstructed specimen.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, in the shaly sandstones
of the upper part of the Chemung Group. Localities 76(UC
13170) and 86 (UC 13148).

Remarks: Hall and Clarke: 1898a, 1898b and 1898c referred it to:
Dictyospongia sceptrum (Hall).

Dictyophyton tenue Hall, 1882

Holotype: the original specimen, UC 13173 illustrated by Hall
1882b, pi. 18, fig. 5; described by Hall 1884a, p. 12; described
and illustrated by Hall 1884b, p. 474, pi. (18)19, fig. 5; de-
scribed and illustrated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 152-153,
pi. 53, figs. 4, 5; 1899a and 1899b, pp. 344-345, pi. 53, figs. 4, 5.

Stratigraphic position: Lower Mississippian, Waverly Sandstone.
Locality 116.

Remarks: referred by Hall and Clarke 1898a and 1899b to Tylo-
dictya (?) tenuis (Hall).

Dictyophyton tomaculum Hall, 1890

Holotype: the specimen UC 13163 described by Hall: 1890a, pp.
58-59; 1890b, pp. 260-261. Described by Hall and Clarke:
1898a, pp. 123-124; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 863-864, and illus-
trated by them on pi. 18, figs. 5, 6.

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Referred specimen: the specimen UC 13164 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, pp. 123-124; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 863-864,
and illustrated by them on pi. 21, fig. 11.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, from the upper part of
the Chemung Group in a loose block. Locality 75.

Remarks: referred by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, 1898b and 1898c to:
Clathrospongia (?) tomaculum (Hall).

Dictyophyton tuberosum Conrad, 1842

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 13159 described by Hall:
1863b, p. 90; 1884a, p. 11; 1884b, p. 473; described and illus-
trated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 97-101, pi. 4, fig. 3; 1898b
and 1898c, pp. 837-841, pi. 4, fig. 3.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, in the upper part of the
Chemung Group. Locality 103.

Remarks: referred by Hall and Clarke 1898a, 1898b and 1898c to:
Hydnoceras tuberosum Conrad, 1842.

Dictyophyton vascellum Hall, 1890

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 13165, described by
Hall: 1890a, p. 57; 1890b, p. 259; described by Hall and Clarke:
1898a, p. 123; 1898b and 1898c, p. 863. Illustrated by Hall and
Clarke on pi. 21, fig. 12 and on pi. 25, fig. 4.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, a loose, somewhat water-
worn fragment from drift from the upper portion of the Che-
mung Group. Locality 75.

Remarks: referred by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, 1898b, and 1898c
to Clathrospongia vascellum (Hall).

Dictyospongia cylindrica (Whitfield)

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 13188 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, p. 166; 1899a and 1899b, p. 358, and illustrated
by them on pi. 61, fig. 6.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, Keokuk For-
mation, in the calcareous shales. Locality 70.

Dictyospongia (Mastodictya) osculata Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: the original specimen, UC 13182 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, pp. 167-168; 1899a and 1899b, pp. 359-360, and

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illustrated by them on pi. 56, fig. 6, and text-fig. 23. Illustrated
by Laubenfels, 1955, fig. 55.9.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, Keokuk For-
mation in the calcareous shale. Locality 74.

Remarks: referred by Laubenfels, 1955, to Mastodictya osculata
(Hall and Clarke). Holotype consists of the specimen and its
impression.

Dictyospongia sceptrum (Hall)
See: Dictyophyton sceptrum Hall, 1890

Dictyospongia (?) stylina Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: the original specimen UC 13183 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, p. 167; 1899a and 1899b, p. 359, and illustrated
by them on pi. 56, fig. 2.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Series, Keokuk For-
mation in the calcareous shales. Locality 74.

Ectenodictya amphorina (Hall and Clarke)
See: Calathospongia amphorina Hall and Clarke, 1898

Ectenodictya eccentrica (Hall)
See: Phragmodictya excentrica Hall, 1882

Ectenodictya excentrica (Hall)
See: Phragmodictya excentrica Hall, 1882

Ectenodictya magnifica (Hall and Clarke)
See: Calathospongia (?) magnifica Hall and Clarke, 1898

Girtycoelia typica King, 1933

Referred specimens: four specimens UC 37792 described by King,
1933, p. 80.

Stratigraphic position: Pennsylvanian, Brown wood Shale of the
Canyon Group. Locality 117.

Griphodictya epiphanes Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: the original specimen UC 13186 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, pp. 180-181; 1899a and 1899b, pp. 372-373, and

490 FIELDIANA: GEOLOGY, VOLUME 13

illustrated by them on pi. 55, fig. 6, and text-fig. 33. Illustrated
by Laubenfels, 1955, on figs. 55.3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h,
and 55. 3i.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, in calcareous
shales of the Keokuk Group. Locality 70.

Helicodictya (?) concord ia Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: original specimen UC 13162 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, pp. 115-116; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 855-856, and
illustrated by them on pi. 27, fig. 2.

Stratigraphic position : Upper Devonian, upper beds of the Upper
Chemung Group; in the Prismodictya prismatica colony. Lo-
cality 97.

Remarks: holotype is an impression of the organism; Hall and
Clarke's drawing is a reconstruction.

Heliospongia excavata King, 1933

Referred specimens: two specimens UC 37789 described by King,
1933, p. 85.

Stratigraphic position: Pennsylvanian, Brownwood Shale of the
Canyon Group. Locality 117.

Heliospongia ramosa Girty, 1908

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 37788 described by King,
1933, p. 84.

Stratigraphic position: Pennsylvanian, Brownwood Shale of the
Canyon Group. Locality 117.

Heterocoelia beedei Girty, 1908

Referred specimens: nine individual spheres, UC 37795 described
by King, 1933, p. 78.

Stratigraphic position: Pennsylvanian, Brownwood Shale of the
Canyon Group. Locality 117.

Heterocoelia sphaerica King, 1933

Referred specimens: two specimens, UC 37794, described by King,
1933, p. 79.

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Stratigraphic position: Pennsylvanian, Brownwood Shale of the
Canyon Group. Locality 117.

Hindia fibrosa (Roemer)

Referred specimens: the specimens described and illustrated by
Tansey, 1924, p. 176, pi. 40: fig. 1, UC 21060A; fig. 2, UC 21060B;
fig. 3, UC 21060C; fig. 4, UC 21060D.

Stratigraphic position: Middle Devonian, Bailey Limestone. Lo-
cality 82.

Remarks: there is confusion in regard to the proper assignment of
this species. Goldfuss in 1862 (1826 to 1844), p. 77, pi. 28, figs.
3, 4, described and illustrated Calamopora fibrosa. His descrip-
tion and his drawing, however, describe a coral. Roemer in
1860, pp. 20-21, pi. 2, figs. 2, 2a, and 2b described and illus-
trated what may be a sponge, but he misidentified it as Calamo-
pora fibrosa Goldfuss, hence his specimens remain unnamed.
Miller and Dyer in 1878, p. 37, pi. 11, fig. 2 described and illus-
trated a globular object from the Cincinnati Group and named
it Microspongia gregaria. It is, however, very difficult to deter-
mine the nature of this fossil. Duncan in 1879 described and
illustrated on pp. 84-91, pi. 9, Hindia spheroidalis from the
Lower Helderberg of New Brunswick. This appears to be the
first description and illustration which is correct according to
the taxonomic rules. Hinde in 1883, pp. 57-58, pi. 13, figs. 1,
la, and lb, described and illustrated Hindia fibrosa Roemer.
However, since Roemer's Calamopora fibrosa was misidentified,
and since Hinde considered Hindia fibrosa to be synonymous
with Hindia spheroidalis, his assignment of Hindia fibrosa is
not correct. Therefore, Tansey's (1924) assignment to Hindia
fibrosa is also incorrect. Laubenfel's (1955) assignment of Hin-
dia spheroidalis to Microspongia fibrosa does not appear to be
correct. Laubenfel illustrates Hinde's Hindia fibrosa under Mi-
crospongia fibrosa Roemer. This species is Hindia spheroidalis
Duncan, 1879. The species, spheroidalis, is sometimes spelled
sphaeroidalis.

Hindia sphaeroidalis Duncan, 1879
See: Aslylospongia inornata Hall, 1863
Hindia fibrosa (Roemer)

492 FIELIDANA: GEOLOGY, VOLUME 13

Hydnoceras anthracis Hall and Clarke, 1898

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 14400 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, pp. 109-110; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 849-850,
and illustrated by them on pi. 2, fig. 8.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, higher beds of the Che-
mung Group in a very compact green sandstone. Locality 76.

Hydnoceras Avoca Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: here designated, the specimen UC 14399, described by
Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 103-104; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 843-
844 and illustrated by them on pi. 9, fig. 3.

Referred specimens: the other specimens described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, pp. 103-104; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 843-844, and
illustrated by them on pi. 2: fig. 3 (UC 13152), and fig. 1 (UC
13151).

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, Chemung Group. Lo-
calities: 90 (UC 14399, UC 13151); 91 (UC 13152).

Remarks: Hall and Clarke's illustration of the holotype is that of
the reconstructed specimen.

Hydnoceras Bathense Hall and Clarke, 1898

Referred specimens: five specimens UC 14272 described by Hall
and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 101-102; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 841-842.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, Chemung Group, in thin
shaly layers between two heavy compact beds of greenish sand-
stone. Locality 91.

Hydnoceras eumeces Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: the original specimen UC 13156, described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, pp. 110-111; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 850-851,
and illustrated by them on pi. 12, figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, upper portion of the Che-
mung Group. Locality 75.

Remarks: in their explanation of pi. 12, figs. 1, 2, and 3, Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, p. 222; 1898b and 1898c, p. 914 state that the
figures represent "three fragments of one specimen which con-
sists of a large cup greatly compressed along the vertical axis."

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Hydnoceras hypastrum Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: the original specimen, UC 13154 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, p. 105; 1898b and 1898c, p. 845, and illustrated
by them on pi. 7, fig. 1.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, Chemung Group, from
a greenish sandstone in association with Cryptodictya alleni.
Probably from the lower part of the series. Locality 71.

Hydnoceras phymatodes Hall and Clarke, 1898

Referred specimen : the specimen UC 14273 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, pp. 104-105; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 844-845.

Stratigraphic position : Upper Devonian, in the schistose Chemung
Sandstones. Locality 104.

Hydnoceras tuberosum Conrad, 1842

Referred specimens: specimen P 821 illustrated by Garrels, 1951
in fig. A-111.2. Specimens UC 13194, UC 13149 and UC 14271
(four specimens) described by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 97-
101; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 837-841, and specimen UC 13149
illustrated by them on pi. 8, fig. 1.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, in the upper part of the
Chemung Group. Localities: 106 (UC 13194) ; 107 (UC 13149) ;
103 (UC 14271); 112 (P 821).

Remarks: see Dictyophyton tuberosum Conrad, 1842.

Hydnoceras tuberosum var. glossema Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 13150A described by
Hall and Clarke: 1898a, p. 101; 1898b and 1898c, p. 841, and
illustrated by them on pi. 7, figs. 4 and 5.

Referred specimen: the other original specimen UC 13150B de-
scribed by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, p. 101; 1898b and 1898c
p. 841, and illustrated by them on pi. 9, fig. 2.

Stratigraphic position : Upper Devonian, probably from the middle
portion of the Chemung Group. Locality 87.

Hyphantaenia Chemungensis (Vanuxem)
See: Uphantaenia Chemungensis Vanuxem, 1842

494 FIELDIANA: GEOLOGY, VOLUME 13

Iowaspongia annulata Thomas, 1923

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 25881 A described and
illustrated by Thomas, 1923, pp. 87-88, pi. 1, fig. 5.

Referred specimen: the other specimen UC 25881B described and
illustrated by Thomas, 1923, pp. 87-88, pi. 1, fig. 3.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, Lime Creek Shale. Lo-
cality 105.

Remarks: Laubenfels, 1955, p. E72, fig. 55.1 illustrated and de-
scribed Iowaspongia annulata, but his illustration, however,
appears to be a composite.

Lebedictya crinita Hall and Clarke, 1898

Referred specimens: the specimens UC 13184 and UC 14274 de-
scribed by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 169-170; 1899a and
1899b, pp. 361-362, and the specimen UC 13184 illustrated by
them on pi. 61, fig. 5.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Series, in the shales
of the Keokuk Formation. Localities: 70 (UC 13184); 84 (UC
14274).

Maeandrostia kansasensis Girty, 1908

Referred specimens: two specimens UC 37791 described by King,
1933, p. 82.

Stratigraphic position: Pennsylvanian, Brownwood Shale of the
Canyon Group. Locality 117.

Maeandrostia tortacloaca King, 1933

Referred specimen: five specimens UC 37790 described by King,
1933, pp. 82-83.

Stratigraphic position: Pennsylvanian, Brownwood Shale of the
Canyon Group. Locality 117.

Mastodictya osculata (Hall and Clarke)
See: Dictyospongia (Mastodictya) osculata Hall and Clarke, 1898

Microspongia fibrosa (Roemer)
See : Hindia fibrosa (Roemer)

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Microspongia gregaria Miller and Dyer, 1878
See: Hindia fibrosa (Roemer)

Palaeomanon bursa (Hall)
See: Astylospongia (Palaeomanon) bursa Hall, 1876

Phragmodictya catilliformis (Whitfield)

Referred specimens: the specimens UC 13198, UC 13179B through
13179L described by Hall: 1884a, pp. 15-16; 1884b, pp. 477-478;
Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 173-176; 1899a and 1899b, pp. 365-
368. Illustrated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, 1899a and 1899b;
specimens: UC 13179B, pi. 64, fig. 3; UC 13179C, pi. 64, fig. 4;
UC 13179D, pi. 65, fig. 1; UC 13179E, pi. 66, fig. 1; UC 13179F,
pi. 66, fig. 2; UC 13179G, pi. 66, fig. 3; UC 13179H, pi. 66, fig. 5;
UC 131791, pi. 66, fig. 6; UC 13179J, pi. 68, fig. 2; UC 13179K,
pi. 68, fig. 4; UC 13179L, pi. 67, fig. 4.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, in the calcar-
eous shales, and rarely in the overlying sandstone of the Keokuk
Formation. Locality 70.

Remarks: also see Phragmodictya scyphus Hall, 1882.

Phragmodictya excentrica Hall, 1882

Referred specimen: one of the original specimens UC 13190, de-
scribed by Hall, 1884a, p. 14; Hall, 1884b, p. 476; described and

illustrated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, p. 179, pi. 54, fig. 2; 1899a

and 1899b, p. 371, pi. 54, fig. 2.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, in calcareous
shales of the Keokuk Formation. Locality 70.

Remarks: the specimen UC 13190 bears a Hall label indicating
that he assigned it to Phragmodictya excentrica. In his publica-
tion 1884a he assigned it to Ectenodictya excentrica; in 1884b to
Ectenodictya eccentrica; in 1898a, 1899a and in 1899b to Acloeo-
dictya (?) eccentrica.

Phragmodictya patelliformis Hall, 1884

Holotype: the original specimen UC 13178, described by Hall:
1884a, p. 16; 1884b, p. 478. Described by Hall and Clarke:
1898a, p. 176; 1899a and 1899b, p. 368, and illustrated by them
on pi. 65, fig. 3.

496 FIELDIANA: GEOLOGY, VOLUME 13

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, in the calcar-
eous shales of the Keokuk Formation. Locality 70.

Phragmodictya scyphus Hall, 1882

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 13179A illustrated by Hall,
1882a, pi. 20, figs. 3, 4. Described and illustrated by Hall: 1884a,
pp. 15-16; 1884b, pp. 477-478, pi. (20) 21, figs. 3, 4. Described
and illustrated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 173-176, pi. 67,
fig. 3; 1899a and 1899b, pp. 365-368, pi. 67, figs. 3.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, Keokuk For-
mation, in the calcareous shales, and rarely in the overlying
sandstone. Locality 70.

Remarks: Hall, 1884a, 1884b, Hall and Clarke: 1898a, 1899a and
1899b referred it to Phragmodictya catilliformis (Whitfield).

Physospongia Golletti Hall, 1884

Referred specimens: specimens described by Hall and Clarke:
1898a, pp. 193-195; 1899a and 1899b, pp. 385-387, and illus-
trated by them on pi. 63: figs. 1, 2 UC 13177A; figs. 3, 4 UC
13177B;fig. 7UC 13196.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, in the calcar-
eous shales of the Keokuk Group. Locality 70.

Remarks: Hall, 1884a, p. 18, and again in 1884b, p. 480, pi. (19) 20,
fig. 7 described and illustrated Physospongia Colletti. Since his
descriptions are not adequate, it is difficult to determine whether
any of the above specimens are his original types.

Physospongia Dawsoni (Whitfield)

Referred specimens: the specimens described and illustrated by
Hall: 1882b, pi. 19, fig. 5 UC 13197, fig. 4 UC 13176A; 1884a,
pp. 17-18, UC 13197, UC 13176A; 1884b, pp. 478^79, pi. (19)
20, fig. 5 UC 13197, fig. 4 UC 13176A. The specimens described
by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 189-193; 1899a and 1899b,
pp. 381-385, and illustrated by them on pi. 62: fig. 1 UC 13176B;
fig. 2 UC 13176C; fig. 3 UC 13176D; fig. 5 UC 13176E; fig. 6
UC 13176A; fig. 7 UC 13176F and fig. 9 UC 13176G.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, in the calcar-
eous shales of the Keokuk Group. Localities: 70 (UC 13197;
UC 13176A, B, C, E, G); 73 (UC 13176D); 74 (UC 13176F).

NITECKI: TYPE SPECIMENS OF PORIFERA 497

Physospongia sp.

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 13187, illustrated by Hall
and Clarke: 1898a, 1899a and 1899b, pi. 56, figs. 3 and 4.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, Keokuk For-
mation. Locality 74.

Prismodictya aulophia Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 13168 described by
Hall and Clarke: 1898a, p. 88; 1898b and 1898c, p. 828, and illus-
trated by them on pi. 20, fig. 7.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, a block of compact and
fine-grained red sandstone, belonging to the upper beds of the
Chemung Group. Locality 76.

Remarks: Hall and Clarke: 1898a, 1898b and 1898c described the
fossil as "a small specimen which appears to be complete."
However, the specimen is a natural mold, and the drawing was
probably made from the artificial cast.

Prismodictya filitextilis (Hall)

Holotype: see Dictyophyton filitextile Hall, 1863

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 13161 described and illus-
trated by Hall and Clarke: 1898a, pp. 86-87, pi. 27, fig. 4; 1898b
and 1898c, pp. 826-827, pi. 27, fig. 4.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian in the upper beds of the
Chemung Group. Locality 76.

Remarks: the specimen UC 13161 is a natural mold. The illustra-
tion of Hall and Clarke on pi. 27, fig. 4 is of a cast of the speci-
men. Also see: Dictyophyton filitextile Hall, 1863.

Prismodictya polyhedra Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: the original specimen UC 13174 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, pp. 168-169; 1899a and 1899b, pp. 360-361,
and illustrated by them on pi. 55, figs. 1 and 2.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Osage Group, in the calcar-
eous shales of the Keokuk Formation. Locality 70.

Prismodictya prismatica (Hall)

See: Dictyophyton prismaticum Hall, 1884

498 FIELDIANA: GEOLOGY, VOLUME 13

Prismodictya telum (Hall)

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 13171 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, pp. 80-81; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 820-821, and
illustrated by them on pi. 42, fig. 2.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, in the upper beds of the
Chemung Group. Locality 95.

Thamnodictya Ortoni Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: the original specimen UC 13172 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, p. 162; 1899a and 1899b, p. 354, and illustrated
by them on pi. 53, figs. 1 and 2.

Stratigraphic position: Mississippian, Waverley Group, Cuyahoga
Shale. Locality 94.

Thysanodictya apleta Hall and Clarke, 1898

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 13166 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, p. 135; 1898b and 1898c, p. 875, and illustrated
by them on pi. 27, fig. 8.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, Upper Chemung Group,
loose among the sandstone. Locality 80.

Thysanodictya Edwin-Halli Hall and Clarke, 1898
See: Dictyophyton ? (Phragmodictya) Halli Hall, 1890

Thysanodictya halli (Hall)
See Dictyophyton ? (Phragmodictya) Halli Hall, 1890

Thysanodictya hermenia Hall and Clarke, 1898

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 13167 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, pp. 133-134; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 873-874,
and illustrated by them on pi. 27, fig. 7.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, Chemung Group, upper
beds. Locality 75.

Remarks: the specimen is a natural mold of the exterior.

Tylodictya (?) tenuis (Hall)
See: Dictyophyton tenue Hall, 1882

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Uphantaenia Chemungensis Vanuxem, 1842

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 18696, described by Hall:
1884a, p. 19; 1884b, p. 481. Described by Hall and Clarke:
1898a, pp. 139-140; 1898b and 1898c, pp. 879-880, and illus-
trated by them on pi. 29, fig. 1. Illustrated by Laubenfels, 1955,
on fig. 57.3a.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, Chemung Group. Lo-
cality 72.

Remarks: Vanuxem's 1842 (p. 184) original spelling is Uphantenia
chemungensis. Hall 1884a and 1884b changed the spelling to
Uphantaenia Chemungensis. Hall and Clarke 1898a,b,c assigned
this species to a new genus, Hyphantaenia Chemungensis. Lauben-
fels, 1955, changed it to Uphantena chemungensis. The correct
spelling and the proper assignment of this species is: Uphantenia
chemungensis Vanuxem, 1842.

Uphantena chemungensis Vanuxem, 1842
See: Uphantaenia Chemungensis Vanuxem, 1842

Uphantenia chemungensis Vanuxem, 1842
See: Uphantaenia Chemungensis Vanuxem, 1842

CATALOGUE OF INCERTAE SEDIS

Astylospongia tumidus James, 1878

Holotype: here designated, the original specimen UC 1222A de-
scribed by U. P. James, 1878a, p. 1.

Referred specimens: the other specimens: UC 1222B, UC 1222D,
UC 1222E, UC 1222F and UC 1222G, on which James, 1878a
based his description on p. 1.

Stratigraphic position: Ordovician, Cincinnati Group. Locality
102.

Remarks: J. F. James, 1891, pp. 59-60, fig. 3, illustrated and de-
scribed the specimens under the name, Pasceolus (?) tumidus.
However, the very poor nature of the specimens does not war-
rant assignment of these forms to either of the two genera.
These objects cannot be identified.

Cidarospongia Ella Gurley, 1884

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 6334A described by
Gurley, 1884, pp. 4-5.

Referred specimen: the other specimen UC 6334B described by
Gurley, 1884, pp. 4-5.

Stratigraphic position: Pennsylvanian. Locality 114.

Dictyocrinus squamifer Hall, 1859

Holotype: the cast UC 567 of the specimen (holotype) described
and illustrated by Hall, 1859, p. 135, pi. 7A, figs. 11 and 13;
illustrated by Hall, 1883, pi. 23, figs. 1 and 2; illustrated and
described by Hall, 1887, vol. 6, pi. 24, figs. 1 and 2.

Stratigraphic position: Lower Devonian, in the shaly limestone of
the Lower Helderberg Group. Locality 77.

Remarks: Hall, 1883, referred it to Receptaculites squamifer; Hall,
in 1887, referred it to Ischadites squamifer (Hall).

500

NITECKI: TYPE SPECIMENS OF PORIFERA 501

Dictyospongia (?) bacteria Hall and Clarke, 1898

Holotype: original specimen UC 13160 described by Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, p. 77; 1898b and 1898c, p. 817, and illustrated
by them on pi. 38, figs. 7, 8.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Devonian, from a calcareous sand-
stone in the Upper Chemung Formation. Locality 87.

Remarks: in their explanation of figures 7 and 8 on pi. 38, Hall and
Clarke: 1898a, p. 275; 1898b and 1898c, p. 967 stated that "the
fossil does not clearly show a structure which conclusively dem-
onstrates it[s] spongeous nature."

Dystactospongia insolens Miller, 1882

Holotype: here designated, the specimen UC 8891 A described by
Miller: 1882, p. 43; 1889, pp. 158-159.

Referred specimen: the other specimen UC 889 IB described by
Miller, 1882, p. 43 and in 1889, pp. 158-159.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Ordovician. Hudson River Group.
Locality 115.

Remarks: referred by Laubenfels, 1955, to family Eospongiidae.

Ischadites bursiformis (Hall)
See: Receptaculites bursiformis Hall, 1883

Ischadites iowensis (Owen)

Holotype: see Selenoides iowensis Owen, 1852.

Referred specimen : the specimen P 4737 cited and figured by Roy,
1941, p. 61, figs. 29B and 29d.

Stratigraphic position: Ordovician, Richmond. Locality 68.

Ischadites squamifer (Hall)
See: Dictyocrinus squamifer Hall, 1859

Ischadites tessellatus Winchell and Marcy, 1866

Referred specimens: two wax casts UC 763 of specimens described
and illustrated by Winchell and Marcy, 1866, pp. 85-86, pi. 2,
fig. 3.

Stratigraphic position: Silurian, Niagaran Limestone. Locality 83.

502 FIELDIANA: GEOLOGY, VOLUME 13

Remarks: referred by Bassler, 1915, to Receptaculites tessellatus
(Winchell and Marcy).

Pasceolus Claudei Miller, 1874

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 8837A described and
illustrated by Miller, 1874b, pp. 6-7, fig. 3.

Referred specimens: other specimens UC 8837B, UC 8837C and
UC 8837D described by Miller, 1874b, pp. 6-7.

Stratigraphic position: Ordovician, Cincinnatian, Locality 101.

Pasceolus Darwini Miller, 1874

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 8838A described and
illustrated by Miller 1874a, pp. 5-6, figs. 1 and 2.

Referred specimens: other specimens UC 8838B, UC 8838C, UC
8838D and UC 8838E described by Miller, 1874a, pp. 5-6.

Stratigraphic position: Ordovician, Cincinnatian, layer of marl,
about two feet in thickness, between harder stratified rocks.
Locality 101.

Pasceolus globosus Billings, 1857

Referred specimen: the specimen UC 1208 described by James,
1891, p. 58.

Stratigraphic position: Ordovician, Cincinnatian. Locality 102.

Pasceolus (?) tumid us (James)
See: Astylospongia tumidus James, 1878

Pattersonia difficilis Miller, 1882

Holotype: here designated, the specimen UC 8828A described and
illustrated by Miller, 1882, pp. 43-44, pi. 2, fig. 3, and 1889,
p. 163, fig. 118.

Referred specimens: the other specimens described by Miller, 1882,
pp. 43-44; UC 8828B; UC 8828C; and UC 9546, and illustrated
on pi. 2, fig. 3a, UC 8828B.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Ordovician, Hudson River Group.
Locality 115.

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Receptaculites bursiformis Hall, 1883

Referred specimens: the specimens UC 12355A and UC 12355B,
illustrated by Hall, 1883, pi. (XXIV) 23, figs. 14 and 13. De-
scribed and illustrated by Hall, 1887, pp. 291-292, pi. 24, figs.
14 and 13.

Stratigraphic position: Middle Devonian, Schoharie Grit. Local-
ity 77.

Remarks: referred by Hall, 1887, to: Ischadites bursiformis (Hall).

Receptaculites cornutiformis Bradley, 1930

Holotype: the original specimen UC 21717 described and illus-
trated by Bradley, 1930, pp. 221-222, pi. 23, figs. 5 and 6.

Stratigraphic position: Middle Ordovician, near the base of the
Kimmswick Limestone. Locality 93.

Receptaculites dixonensis Miller and Gurley, 1896

Holotype: the original specimen UC 6053 described and illustrated
by Miller and Gurley, 1896, pp. 47-50, pi. 5, figs. 21 and 22.
Illustrated by Miller, 1897, figs. 1267 and 1268.

Stratigraphic position : Middle Ordovician, Trenton, Galena Dolo-
mite. Locality 85.

Receptaculites elrodi Miller, 1894

Holotype: the original specimen UC 6052 described and illustrated
by Miller, 1894, pp. 257-258, on pi. 1, figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Stratigraphic position: Lower Devonian, in the Upper Helderberg
Group. Locality 78.

Receptaculites (?) fieldi Roy, 1941

Holotype : by original designation the specimen P 28822 described
and illustrated by Roy, 1941, pp. 66-67, figs. 32a, 32b and 32c.

Stratigraphic position: Ordovician, Richmond. Locality 68.

Receptaculites infundibuliformis (Eaton)
See: Receptaculites monticulatus Hall, 1883

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Receptaculites monticulatus Hall, 1883

Holotype: here designated the specimen UC 12354A illustrated by-
Hall, 1883, pi. (XXIV) 23, figs. 8 and 9. Described and illus-
trated by Hall, 1887, p. 290, pi. 24, figs. 8 and 9.

Referred specimens: the other specimen UC 12354B illustrated by
Hall, 1883, pi. (XXIV) 23, fig. 11. Described and illustrated
by Hall, 1887, p. 290, pi. 24, fig. 11.

Stratigraphic position : Lower Devonian, in the shaly limestone of
the Lower Helderberg Group. Locality 110.

Remarks: referred by Hall, 1887, to Receptaculites infundibuli-
formis (Eaton).

Receptaculites squamifer (Hall)
See: Dictyocrinus squamifer Hall, 1819

Receptaculites tessellatus (Winchell and Marcy)
See: Ischadites tessellatus Winchell and Marcy, 1866

Receptaculites sp.

Referred specimen: the specimen (one specimen, three fragments
and two slides) P 28821 cited and illustrated by Roy, 1941,
pp. 63-66, figs. 31a, 31b, 31c, 31d, 31e, 31f and 31g.

Stratigraphic position: Ordovician, Richmond. Locality 68.

Rhombodictyon globosus James, 1891

Holotype: the specimen UC 1223 described and illustrated by
James, 1891, pp. 57-58, fig. 2.

Stratigraphic position: Ordovician, Cincinnatian. Locality 102.

Remarks: this is a very poor specimen, and it cannot be identified.

Selenoides iowensis Owen, 1852

Holotype: the original specimen UC 6375, described and illustrated
by Owen, 1852, p. 587, pi. 2B, fig. 13. Described by Winchell
and Schuchert, 1893, p. 64.

Stratigraphic position: Middle Ordovician, Trenton, Galena For-
mation. Locality 113.

Remarks: referred by Winchell and Schuchert, 1893, and subse-
quent workers to: Ischadites iowensis (Owen).

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Topsentia devonica Clarke, 1921

Referred specimens: the specimens UC 37036, UC 37037, UC 37038
and UC 37039 described by Fenton and Fenton, 1932, pp. 52-54,
and illustrated by them on pi. 8, fig. 2 (UC 37037) and on pi. 9,
fig. 2 (UC 37036).

Stratigraphic position: Devonian, numerous small cavities and
canals on a stromatoporoid, 2d Stromatoporoid Bed of Cedar
Valley age. Locality 69.

Remarks: referred by Laubenfels, 1955, to: Topsentopsis devonica
(Clarke).

Topsentopsis devonica (Clarke)
See: Topsentia devonica Clarke, 1921

Trachyum undosum James, 1878

Holotype: The original specimen UC 2387 described by James,
1878b, pp. 9-10.

Stratigraphic position: Upper Silurian, Clinton Group. Locality
108.

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